Test Bank for Nester’s Microbiology: A Human Perspective, 10th Edition by Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm, Mira Beins, Eugene Nester, and Deborah Allen 2026.stuvia

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NESTER'S MICROBIOLOGY: A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE, 10TH
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EDITION
Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm, Mira Beins, Eugene Nester and Deborah Allen
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TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
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1) Spontaneous generation refers to the idea that organisms came from other organisms.
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2) The human body only contains bacteria during illness.
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3) Bacteria and eukarya both contain membrane-bound organelles.
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4) The scientific name of an organism indicates its domain.
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5) Viroids are naked (lacking a protein shell) pieces of RNA that infect plants.
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6) Viruses simultaneously contain DNA, RNA, and protein.
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7) Viruses, viroids, and prions are obligate intracellular agents.
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8) Viruses and bacteria are both unicellular.
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An organism is categorized in a domain according to its cell size.
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10) Archaea are very similar to bacteria and have rigid cell walls made of peptidoglycan.
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11) Thiomargarita namibiensis cannot be a eukaryote because it is only 1 mm in width.
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MULTIPLE zCHOICE z- sx sx




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12) The zscientist zusually zcredited zwith zseeing zthe zfirst zmicroorganisms, zwhich zhe
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zcalledsxz"animalcules",sxzwassxz .




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A) Redi
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D) Tyndall
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The zidea zof zspontaneous zgeneration zpostulated zthat
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A) organisms zcould zevolve zinto zthe znext zgeneration zof zorganisms.
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B) organisms zcould zspontaneously zturn zinto zother ztypes zof zorganisms.
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C) living zorganisms zcould zspontaneously zarise zfrom znon-living zmaterial.
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D) living zorganisms zcould zspontaneously zarise zfrom zother zliving zorganisms.
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E) living zorganisms zmust zcontain zat zleast zten zcells.
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15) Which zof zthese zscientists zwere zinvolved zin zinvestigating zthe zidea zof
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zspontaneoussxzgeneration?




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